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Days / 3 Nights - Daily Departures
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Cuzco is the air gateway to Puerto
Maldonado. From there you will be met by your guide
and transported up river by motor boat to Tambopata,
which has been called one of the most biologically
diverse environments on earth. Birders often count
up to 100 different species in a day! While on the
reserve you will stay in a jungle lodge. You can access
the reserve by hiking or motorized canoe and naturalists
will guide you and offer briefings on the Amazon rainforest.
The reserve is home to the Macaw Lick where thousands
of birds converge to feed on the mineral-rich soil-
a birder's paradise.
BEST SEASON: April through
December. Special custom designed expeditions and programs
are available.
SAMPLE ITINERARY - DAY 1 PUERTO MALDONADO – HEATH RIVER WILDLIFE CENTER
Meet at the Puerto Maldonado airport and drive through town to the Tambopata River port.
After boarding motorized canoes, travel down river to the mighty Madre de Dios, for approximately five hours to the Heath River. Then travel up this wild and intimate river, which forms the wilderness border between Peru and Bolivia, and arrive at the Heath River Wildlife Center. Note that the Lodge is located on the Bolivian side of the Heath River so passports are required to clear Bolivian passport control. After dinner explore the forest by flashlight, including a visit to a small mammal clay lick if it is active. Lunch and dinner included.
Lunch and dinner included.
DAY 2 HEATH RIVER WILDLIFE CENTER
Rise early in the morning to board a motorized canoe for the 10-minute journey up the Heath River to the macaw and parrot clay lick. Brightly-colored parrots and macaws fly in by the hundreds to feed on the clay that detoxifies certain seeds and nuts they eat. Marvel at the cacophony of sound and color as Red-and-green macaws vie for the best clay-eating position. A specially-designed floating blind allows for proximity and complete concealment -- so observers can even have breakfast and coffee while the birds are performing their morning ritual.
Upon return to the lodge, the guide leads passengers on an ethno-botanical walk through the forest, pointing out flora used in the daily lives of rainforest people. The guide explains how certain plants are used for medicinal or healing purposes, which ones can be made into the best bows and arrows, and how to select trees and leaves for home construction.
After lunch and a short rest, hike through the rainforest to the Pampas del Heath, the largest remaining undisturbed savanna in the Amazon. The contrast is striking emerging from the mature rainforest onto the grassland plain of the Pampas.
Breakfast, lunch,and dinner included
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